Sticking the landing can be quite hard when it comes to video games. Because it usually takes years to finish development, there can be many hardships along the way, and even the greatest title might end up with a mediocre or straight-up terrible final act.
It might sound surprising that a game with a genuinely brilliant beginning and an equally captivating middle act could somehow botch its greatness in the last part. However, this isn’t really an uncommon situation, as there are plenty of developers out there that simply didn’t have enough time to give their projects a proper end, or they blew all of their best ideas right out of the gate and didn’t have anything to add to the later parts.
Although the final act of a game is only a fraction of it, it can leave a bad enough impression on the player to impact their overall experience. That’s why it can be detrimental even to games that made you fall in love with them in the beginning.
For this reason, you should probably avoid finishing the following games. Most of their content might be incredible, but their final act is guaranteed to leave a bad taste in your mouth.
Resident Evil VII: Biohazard traps its main protagonist, Ethan Winters, inside a decrepit house where a family of horribly mutated psychopaths is constantly on the hunt for him.
The setting of the game is a perfect horror story scenario and the execution of Ethan’s journey through the Baker family’s residence is just as great. The story is filled with gory twists and heart-racing action sequences that can shock even a seasoned Resident Evil veteran. It has you on the edge of your seat at all times and rarely loses its pace.
Unfortunately, the Baker homestead isn’t the only part of RE7.
After Ethan leaves the house, the game still has an entire second half of the story to go through. However, this is where the quality of the narrative and its horror factor deteriorate quite rapidly. Since all the major plot twists have already been revealed in the first half, the game has very little to surprise you with anymore. Plus, the nerve-racking, claustrophobic feeling of the house is completely lost in the mostly empty areas, like the ship level.
It’s a clear case of developers using all of their ideas in the beginning and ending up with nothing to put in later.
Laura Adams is a tech enthusiast residing in the UK. Her articles cover the latest technological innovations, from AI to consumer gadgets, providing readers with a glimpse into the future of technology.
